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Type | Description | Blade Length |
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M1924 - Type 30 Blade |
Sword bayonet for use on the 8 mm Mauser Standard-Modell rifles purchased by China and the 'Chang Kai Shek' copies of the German Mauser Standard-Modell rifle.
Easily one of the most unusual bayonets in my collection. It is a marriage of a Japanese Type 30 blade with a Belgian M1924-style hilt. The wood grips are secured by screws in escutcheons, similar to early Arisaka bayonets, and finished with a shellac-like substance. The scabbard is a typical early Type 30 pattern, with a ball finial. This is not a crudely made Chinese copy. It is an actual Japanese Type 30 blade beautifully mated with a M1924-style hilt. It could possibly even have been made in Japan, but there's no way to know. This is the only example that I have ever seen, outside of Janzen’s Notebook. |
15.625 |
397 | 20.75 |
527 | .610 |
15.5 | Ricasso: Tokyo arsenal marking (four stacked cannonballs) |
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Type 53 | Folding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 x 54 mm. Type 53 rifle (copy of the Soviet Mosin-Nagant M1944). Folds to the right side and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock. | 12.25 | 311 | 15.25 | 387 | .555 | 14.1 | None. |
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Type 56 Carbine | Folding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 x 39 mm. Type 56 Carbine (copy of the Russian Simonov SKS-45 rifle). Folds under the barrel and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock. | 12.00 | 305 | 14.875 | 378 | .555 | 14.1 | None. |
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Type 56 Rifle | Folding bayonet permanently attached to the 7.62 x 39 mm. Type 56 rifle (copy of the Soviet Kalashnikov AK47). Folds under the barrel and stows in a cutout in the rifle's forestock. Differs from Type 56 Carbine bayonet in not having a muzzle ring.
Provenance obtained with the bayonet indicates that this example was obtained in Battambong, Cambodia, in 1998, from a former Khmer Rouge soldier. Research indicates that it was most likely issued to the anti-Vietnamese forces of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and the Khmer Rouge via United Nations convoys over the Thailand border in 1979. Go to the Kalashnikov Bayonets page.
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9.75 | 248 | 11.75 | 298 | n/a | None. | |
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AK47 | Knife bayonet made for use with semi-automatic 7.62 x 39 mm. AK47 assault rifles commercially exported in the 1980s by Polytech and NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation).
There is no evidence that the People's Liberation Army ever used this bayonet. Go to the Kalashnikov Bayonets page.
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7.875 | 200 | 12.25 | 311 | .695 | 17.7 | None. |
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AKM Type II | Knife bayonet for use with the semi-automatic 7.62 x 39 mm. AKM assault rifles commercially exported in the 1980s by Polytech and NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation).
Essentially, a copy of the Russian 6X4 (AKM Type II) bayonet, except that the sawback and wire-cutter features have been eliminated. Examples are found with black, orange, and dark green plastic grip and scabbard body. This example has a black plastic grip and scabbard body. This example also has the chromed steel belt hanger provided on the earliest imports. There is no evidence that the People's Liberation Army ever used this bayonet. Go to the Kalashnikov Bayonets page.
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6.00 | 152 | 10.875 | 276 | .695 | 17.7 | None. |
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AKM Type II | Another example of the Chinese AKM Type II bayonet with an orange plastic grip and scabbard body.
This example is serialized, indicating that it was shipped along with a rifle. |
6.00 | 152 | 10.875 | 276 | .695 | 17.7 | Crosspiece: "15402" |
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